IP Library Granted Patent US 8,288,180
Granted Patent B2
US 8,288,180 · App. 11/455,254 · Granted Oct 16, 2012

Method for manufacturing light emitting device

Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,288,180
App. No.
11/455,254
Granted
Oct 16, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

An object of the present invention to improve reliability of a light emitting device having a mixed layer including an organic compound and metal oxide without reducing productivity. The above object is solved in such a way that after forming the mixed layer including the organic compound and metal oxide, the mixed layer is exposed to a nitrogen gas atmosphere without being exposed to a gas atmosphere including oxygen, and then a stacked film is formed over the mixed layer without exposing the mixed layer to a gas atmosphere including oxygen.

Claims (25)

1. A method for manufacturing a light emitting device, comprising:

forming an anode over a substrate;

forming a mixed layer including an organic compound having an arylamine group and molybdenum oxide over the anode by co-evaporation, the mixed layer having a thickness of 60 nm or more;

after forming the mixed layer, spraying the mixed layer with a nitrogen gas for 10 to 180 minutes in a first chamber to expose the mixed layer to a nitrogen gas atmosphere without exposing the mixed layer to a gas atmosphere including oxygen;

after spraying the mixed layer with the nitrogen gas, transferring the substrate to a second chamber without exposing the mixed layer to a gas atmosphere including oxygen;

forming a hole transporting layer over the mixed layer in vacuum in the second chamber without exposing the mixed layer to a gas atmosphere including oxygen;

forming a light emitting layer over the hole transporting layer; and

forming a cathode over the light emitting layer,

wherein after the mixed layer is exposed to the nitrogen gas atmosphere, the nitrogen gas is evacuated, and the mixed layer is exposed to a nitrogen gas atmosphere again.

2. A method for manufacturing a light emitting device, comprising:

forming a cathode over a substrate;

forming an electron transporting layer over the cathode;

forming a light emitting layer over the electron transporting layer;

forming a hole transporting layer over the light emitting layer;

forming a mixed layer including an organic compound having an arylamine group and molybdenum oxide over the hole transporting layer by co-evaporation , the mixed layer having a thickness of 60 nm or more;

after forming the mixed layer, spraying the mixed layer with a nitrogen gas for 10 to 180 minutes in a first chamber to expose the mixed layer to a nitrogen gas atmosphere without exposing the mixed layer to a gas atmosphere including oxygen;

after spraying the mixed layer with the nitrogen gas, transferring the substrate to a second chamber without exposing the mixed layer to a gas atmosphere including oxygen; and

forming an anode over the mixed layer in vacuum in the second chamber without exposing the mixed layer to a gas atmosphere including oxygen,

wherein after the mixed layer is exposed to the nitrogen gas atmosphere, the nitrogen gas is evacuated, and the mixed layer is exposed to a nitrogen gas atmosphere again.

3. A method for manufacturing a light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein a weight ratio between the organic compound and molybdenum oxide is set to be 95:5 to 20:80 in the mixed layer.

4. A method for manufacturing a light emitting device according to claim 2 , wherein a weight ratio between the organic compound and molybdenum oxide is set to be 95:5 to 20:80 in the mixed layer.

5. A method for manufacturing a light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the mixed layer is exposed to the nitrogen gas atmosphere at a room temperature without heating.

6. A method for manufacturing a light emitting device according to claim 2 , wherein the mixed layer is exposed to the nitrogen gas atmosphere at a room temperature without heating.

7. A method for manufacturing a light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein an amount of moisture in the nitrogen gas is 40 ppm or less and the nitrogen gas is introduced in the first chamber at a flow rate of 1 to 500 sccm.

8. A method for manufacturing a light emitting device according to claim 2 , wherein an amount of moisture in the nitrogen gas is 40 ppm or less and the nitrogen gas is introduced in the first chamber at a flow rate of 1 to 500 sccm.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 16, 2006
From: SAKATA, JUNICHIRO
To: SEMICONDUCOTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 018008/0225 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2005-194559 · Jul 4, 2005 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20070000487A1 · Jan 4, 2007